Install tar.gz file in maven repository

Question

I have a compressed tar.gz file and I want use it as dependency for other projects.

I am unable upload it in maven repository with the following command because maven doesn't support tar.gz packaging :

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=/path-to-file/XXX-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.tar.gz -DpomFile=/path-to-pom/pom.xml

Sample pom.xml

<project>

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <name>XXX</name>
  <groupId>com.example.file</groupId>
  <artifactId>xxx</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>tar.gz</packaging>

</project>

If I use the above mentioned command with rar packaging then maven does upload XXX-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.tar.gz file but with .rar extension.

Beside developing maven plugin for custom package, is there any way to upload tar.gz in maven repository and later use it in other project as dependency?

(Note: I just want to use tar.gz and not any other compression e.g rar, etc).

Only possible as an attached artifact not as main artifact. Apart from that. Where does the `tar.gz` package come from? Maven build? — khmarbaise, Aug 19 '15 at 07:21
possible duplicate of [Upload artifacts to Nexus, without Maven](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4029532/upload-artifacts-to-nexus-without-maven) — Mark O'Connor, Aug 19 '15 at 13:01

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 20 '15 at 07:01

@khmarbaise, thanks you guided correctly. The problem is solved using attached artifact. Here is a snippet from my pom.xml :

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
      <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>1.7</version>
      <extensions>true</extensions>
      <executions>
        <execution>
          <id>attach-artifacts</id>
          <phase>package</phase>
          <goals>
            <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
          </goals>
          <configuration>
            <artifacts>
              <artifact>
                <file>xxx-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.tar.gz</file>
                <type>tar.gz</type>
                <classifier>optional</classifier>
              </artifact>
            </artifacts>
          </configuration>
        </execution>
      </executions>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>

Similarly the dependency can be added in other project as follows:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
     <groupId>your.group.id</groupId>
     <artifactId>xxx</artifactId>
     <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <classifier>optional</classifier>
     <type>tar.gz</type>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

I was looking for a way to actually add the rar (resource adapter archive) to the repository as it was being packaged in one of my other assemblies and this helped. Thanks — sarmahdi, Apr 18 '16 at 23:32

Install tar.gz file in maven repository

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